Aardvark-dns is an authoritative dns server for A/AAAA container records. From 1.16.0 to 1.17.0, a truncated TCP DNS query followed by a connection reset causes aardvark-dns to enter an unrecoverable infinite error loop at 100% CPU. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.17.1.
History

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 22:00:00 +0000

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Description Aardvark-dns is an authoritative dns server for A/AAAA container records. From 1.16.0 to 1.17.0, a truncated TCP DNS query followed by a connection reset causes aardvark-dns to enter an unrecoverable infinite error loop at 100% CPU. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.17.1.
Title Aardvark-dns has incorrect error handling for malformed tcp packets
Weaknesses CWE-400
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-07T21:32:23.512Z

Reserved: 2026-04-02T17:03:42.075Z

Link: CVE-2026-35406

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-04-07T22:16:23.277

Modified: 2026-04-07T22:16:23.277

Link: CVE-2026-35406

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